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| 35816116 | middle ages | The historical period from around 500 A.D. up to around 1450 A.D. between the fall of Rome and the birth of the Renaissance | 0 | |
| 35816117 | early middle ages | The period of European history between Antiquility and the Renaissance | 1 | |
| 35816118 | high middle ages | form the tenth and eleventh centures on—were as active and productive of lasting accomplishment as any comparable time span in recorded civilization. | 2 | |
| 35816119 | feudalism | system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners | 3 | |
| 35816120 | manoralism | System that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the MIddle Ages. | 4 | |
| 35816121 | franks | group of Germanic people who rose to prominence under the leadership of King Clovis | 5 | |
| 35816122 | clovis | King of Franks; conquered Gaul; earned support of Gaul and Church of Rome by converting; Ruled lands in Frankish custom but kept Roman legacy | 6 | |
| 35816123 | carolingian family | Powerful Frankish family | 7 | |
| 35816124 | charlemagne | King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, great patron of leterature and learning | 8 | |
| 35816125 | vikings | one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western from the eighth through the tenth century. | 9 | |
| 35816126 | missi dominici | official appointed by Charlemagne who investigated if the counties were obeying his rules | 10 | |
| 35816127 | serfs | a person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times | 11 | |
| 35816128 | barter | (n.) an exchange in trade; (v.) to exchange goods | 12 | |
| 35816129 | benedictine rule | Set of rules that govern monk's lives | 13 | |
| 35816130 | canon law | the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church | 14 | |
| 35816131 | excommunicate | exclude from a church or a religious community | 15 | |
| 35816132 | interdict | an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district | 16 | |
| 35816133 | holy roman empire | the lands ruled by Charlemagne | 17 | |
| 35816134 | limited government | In this type of government everyone, including all authority figures, must obey laws. Constitutions, statements of rights, or other laws define the limits of those in power so they cannot take advantage of the elected, appointed, or inherited positions. | 18 | |
| 35816135 | magna carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 | 19 | |
| 35816136 | parliaments | bodies representing privileged groups; institutionalized feudal principle that rulers should consult with their vassals; found in England, Spain, Germany, and France. | 20 | |
| 35816137 | hundred years war | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. (p. 413) | 21 | |
| 35816138 | crusades | 1096 Christian Europe aim to reclaim Jerusalem and aid they Byzantines; 1st success and the rest a failure; weakens the Byzantines; opens up trade | 22 | |
| 35816139 | saladin | sultan of Syria and Egypt | 23 | |
| 35816140 | hanseatic league | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas | 24 | |
| 35816141 | guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 25 | |
| 35816142 | usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | 26 | |
| 35816143 | ghettos | a special area of a city for Jews to live | 27 | |
| 35816144 | pogroms | Government supported attacks against Jews in Russia | 28 | |
| 35816145 | scholasticism | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | 29 | |
| 35816146 | vernacular language | Language used in the street, home, dinner table, etc... | 30 | |
| 35816147 | renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world | 31 |
